SMASH will officially land on Broadway in spring 2025- Page 6

[ACL2006]

Posted: 1/26/25 at 8:10pm

SMASH cast > BOOP cast

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 1/27/25 at 6:56am

Zeppie2022 said: ""Smash is based on a two-season show that people mostly hate watched and that came and went a decade ago and left nearly no mark on popular culture outside of an incredibly niche cult following and a handful of nice songs"

The niche cult following liked the songs from "Bombshell" and Megan Hilty. Megan Hilty is not in the show and Broadway show story is much different than TV show story. Liking a handful of "Bombshell" songs is not going to be enough to sell tickets for over $100 and have a decent run."

Well said!!!

like I said, DOA

[MezzA101]

Posted: 1/27/25 at 7:34am

Smash on Broadway birthed theater's most meta ad campaign- Fast Company

 

https://www.fastcompany.com/91265907/smash-on-broadway-meta-ad-campaign

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 11:07am

 

[malcs98]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:04pm

To be honest, this actually sounds pretty good, Never doubted Shaiman and Whitman for a second 

[JP2]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:17pm

This is fabulous. The orchestrations are lush, and the new lyrics are sharper than ever. Taking the closing number from a 40-minute episode and transforming it into an exciting opening number for a 2.5-hour show is a significant challenge. I believe they more than rose to meet it. 

[singer234]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:30pm

Per the Insta caption for anyone who missed it-this seems to be just one of multiple versions of Let Me Be Your Star that will appear in the show. A comment by the official account indicated that the "normal" version will appear as well.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:33pm

It's apparently being sung four times throughout the show.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 12:48pm

That demo recording def takes me back to the afternoon I spent at Hunter College last winter. I hope I get the chance to see how this has evolved. 

Updated On: 2/4/25 at 12:48 PM

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 1:30pm

Knowing that the "original" version will be in the show as well, I really appreciate what they've done for this version and I can totally see this as an opening number.  I was a little skeptical on hearing how much they changed based on what people from the workshop said, but this definitely got me excited.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 1:30pm

ACL2006 said: "It's apparently being sung four times throughout the show."

 

Not in it's entirety -- at least not in any of the last couple of readings.

 

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 4:24pm

how regular is it for shows to record their cast albums before performances begin? Shows change in rehearsals and previews, so it seems a little counter-intuitive to me?

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 4:41pm

ChairinMain said: "how regular is it for shows to record their cast albums before performances begin? Shows change in rehearsals and previews, so it seems a little counter-intuitive to me?"

Lucky for you there was just a discussion on this in the Boop thread, but just to list some recent ones, Harmony, Teeth, and Days of Wine and Roses were all recorded before their transfers.  It can be a double edged sword as it helps for marketing and drumming up excitement, and in the grand scheme of things if they adjust a few lyrics here and there people might not care THAT much (outside of this board at least).  And at least for Smash most of the songs should be familiar even if there's different arrangements or adjustments so they probably have a good idea of what they're working with, but unlike the others they haven't had actual public performances to judge the material so we'll have to see.

[BenjaminNicholas2]

Posted: 2/4/25 at 11:27pm

ACL2006 said: "It's apparently being sung four times throughout the show."

Four times?

This'll be worse than a dozen mentions of SHOES UPON THE TABLE

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 2:12pm

It'll be sung three or four times, but each version is very different, The song evolves, and its evolution is both fascinating and a significant aid to the overall development of the story. When I saw the show at Hunter College, the original version was incredibly disappointing, but that disappointment completely turned around as I realized how it was being used. 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 2/5/25 at 2:25pm

Sounds like the way they use In the Same Boat in Curtains.

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/11/25 at 3:54pm

‘Smash’ Was a Cult TV Hit. Now Steven Spielberg and Friends Are Bringing It to Broadway | Vanity Fair (Michael Riedel)

 

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/story/smash-tv-show-broadway

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 2/11/25 at 4:31pm

My takeaway:

The curiosity within the theater industry about Smash 2.0, as Greenblatt calls it, was intense. A friend of mine who attended the workshop said: “Usually, you run away from these things, but everybody was fighting to get a ticket. And we lapped it up. There was huge affection for it. We recognized ourselves and this ridiculous life we lead.”

But Greenblatt and Meron didn’t trust an audience of insiders. They distributed plenty of free tickets to “civilians,” as theater people call those unfortunate souls who don’t happen to be in show business. The civilians, who filled out surveys, loved it too. Except the ending, which they hated. No revelations here, but let’s just say Smash took a dark turn. It was “a swing,” Rodriguez said with admiration. But the audience wasn’t having it. “There was a backlash,” Hurder recalled.

So Martin and Elice did what theater writers do when “the wind blows you in a different direction” and you don’t want to end up in the kitchen at Joe Allen: They rewrote the final scene.

Smash now ends on an upbeat note. But the show is not a sappy love letter to the theater. Martin and Elice have knocked around Shubert Alley too long to stoop to that. They were once up against each other for the Tony Award for best book: Martin for The Drowsy Chaperone, Elice for Jersey Boys. Martin won. “Sometimes he brings his Tony Award with him when we write, just to remind me,” Elice said.

[DrMonicaDeMoneco]

Posted: 2/11/25 at 4:55pm

TotallyEffed said: "Everyone call down,bothshows will flop."

OMG I nearly peed myself with your reply!!  AH-MAZING!!! 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 2/15/25 at 3:40pm

Friends coming to town are interested in this one for late March. Going to keep an eye on TDF for them but is the TodayTix sale the best ticket deal out there at the moment? I don't recall seeing an email blast/mailer with a code and BroadwayBox isn't showing anything... Thanks!

Updated On: 2/15/25 at 03:40 PM

[Voter]

Posted: 2/15/25 at 9:45pm

Weird you heard audiences loved it. My friends who attended the workshop said it was the most dreadful thing in a long time. From their description of the plot, I'm inclined to believe them.

[Shubert Alley Cat]

Posted: 2/16/25 at 12:07am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Friends coming to town are interested in this one for late March. Going to keep an eye on TDF for them but is the TodayTix sale the best ticket deal out there at the moment? I don't recall seeing an email blast/mailerwith a code and BroadwayBox isn't showing anything... Thanks!"

The “sale” on TodayTix is a misleading joke.  I have compared  SMASH Telecharge prices to the “sale” prices on TodayTix and they are virtually the same.  TodayTix is starting to really get on my nerves with these so-called “sales.”

[MezzA101]

Posted: 2/18/25 at 6:07am

Hear How a ‘Smash’ Song Got a Broadway Makeover

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/theater/smash-broadway-let-me-be-your-star.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.VCof.9u0Fhw8I50fo

[theatergoer3]

Posted: 2/18/25 at 10:21am

MezzA101 said: "Hear How a ‘Smash’ Song Got a Broadway Makeover


https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/theater/smash-broadway-let-me-be-your-star.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x04.VCof.9u0Fhw8I50fo"

Hurder says she was recording for the cast album. Wonder if the full or just preview tracks like DBH did for its first preview. 

Updated On: 2/18/25 at 10:21 AM

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 2/18/25 at 5:28pm

Voter said: "Weird you heard audiences loved it. My friends who attended the workshop said it was the most dreadful thing in a long time. From their description of the plot, I'm inclined to believe them."

As someone who was at one of these and talked to some others who attended other performances, I call total BS on this. Sorry,